extemporaneous

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Scrabble points
25
Words With Friends
29
Letters
14
Pronunciation
/ɪksˌ-/(UK)
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/ɪksˌ-/(UK) · /ɛksˌtɛm.pɜː(ɹ)ˈeɪn.i.əs/(UK) · /əksˌtɛmpɚˈeɪni.əs/

Definition of extemporaneous

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. With inadequate preparation or without advance thought; offhand.
    “My speeches in Great Britain were wholly extemporaneous, and I may not always have been so guarded in my expressions, as I otherwise should have been. I was ten years younger then than now, and only seven years from slavery.”
    ““Who the devil is there in Ramilly County,” muttered Amory aloud, “who would deliver Verlaine in an extemporaneous tune to a soaking haystack?””
    “The lovely words of a prepared speech, however, cannot erase extemporaneous words and deeds, thousands of them, that have run contrary to those aspirations.”

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Etymology

From Late Latin extemporāneus, from Latin ex tempore (“impromptu”).

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